Photographing Wildlife

Please enjoy photos from the wildlife photography class I took with award-winning wildlife photographer Kathleen Reeder (She’s been on NBC’s Today Show and has sold her work to National Geographic!) I will be taking Kathleen’s Out of Africa workshop next April and can’t wait! If you’re a photographer and animal lover, you should really consider a class; Kathleen hosts workshops across the country and around the globe. (And goodness — check out her portfolio! Stunning! And did I mention how personable and approachable she is?)

I already put some of her suggestions to use this past weekend, only this wildlife was truly out in the wild, and not at a zoo (very exciting)! Stay tuned for more. And don’t forget to click photos below to enlarge. If you missed last week’s photos of Arizona’s wild horses that I took in preparation for this wildlife workshop, please take a peek.

Thank you, Jessica. This was a FUN experience! That hawk is one of my favorites — a Harris’s Hawk. You may recall me blogging about the family of Harrises near our property. They’re the same ones I think you saw up in Phoenix — dark brown, white band on back of tail… So fierce!

The irony is that I am a woman of zero patience and absolutely no “cool” when an animal poses ‘just the right way.’ It feels like my hands start to shake, my heart is pumping, I’m rushing things, and I’m pretty sure I’m blowing it because I’m SO excited. We saw a big-horn sheep — giant ram — in the wilderness recently, and it was all I could do to find him in the viewfinder, I was so excited. Haha. Calmness is not my calling card, I’m afraid. Same reaction with the horses: “OMG-OMG-OMG.” Especially when the stallions rose up in front of us!! NO picture was taken since my jaw was on the ground and I was seriously trembling with intimidation, excitement, and awe.

Totally amazing I showed these photos to a friend who’s son is about to come to arazona in a couple of week for three months to work at a holiday resort which will help on his C.V …he can wait .
Cherryx

I’m so glad you have the opportunity to learn even more about a passion. Your photos look first-class to me already; I can’t imagine how you can get even better, but I’m sure there are all kinds of intricacies of the field I don’t understand. Regardless, I’m sure you’ll have a blast, and I’m happy we get to see the results!

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